6/20/11

The High Line

Do not visit the High Line in the middle of the day. Go early or late, I think.

Even with the sea of humanity, it was still a thrill to visit my first Piet Oudolf garden. Since I am not afraid to make bold pronouncements, I will go ahead and call this the greatest new public space of the 21st Century. I can't be the first person to say so. What else could possibly push it out of the Number 1 position?

From now on when I visit New York, I will try to come here first thing in the morning. It sounds like Guy's job will be happy if he goes to New York at least once or even twice a year. I will tag along when I can. I think we might go in October. In the meantime, I will fondly recall a blazing hot Saturday in June.

I concur with your pronouncement. My son and I went last August in the a.m., hot yes, but we are acclimated. I won't go so far as to say it was empty, but it was pleasantly underpopulated. I could have spent the whole day there.